I swear I wasn’t going to go. I wanted a break after all the wedding planning this year. The only reason I went is because I saw a rendering of this piece called Minaret by my all-time favorite artist Bryan…

Well, well, well. So the Museum of Science and Industry in my beloved Chicago is looking for someone to live in the museum for a month. The exhibit is a furnished cube complete with bed, desk , and chairs furnished…

I never wanted to go to Burning Man, at first. The idea of attending a festival in the desert didn’t appeal to me. But in 2002, I was a jealous girlfriend who feared my hot boyfriend would return from the…

Let’s see if this works. For the first time ever, there is cell phone reception here on the playa. It took us six and a half hours–a straight shot–from San Francisco. We probably stopped for a total of 15 minutes…

The theme for this year’s Burning Man was the American Dream. I had high hopes for this year. Every burn, for me, gets better and better. But this one, unfortunately, turned out to be bittersweet. Let me backtrack. Last year,…

I’m not one of those religious freaks who proselytizes about her faith. I mostly keep to myself, very rarely disclosing my religious beliefs and opinions outside of my blog. A couple months ago, through a Burning Man newsletter, I read…

When I first arrived in Chicago, I was bursting to tell people about my amazing summer adventures: trekking through the Amazon jungle, celebrating Bastille in Paris, living with a voodoo doctor in Belize, cruising through the Galapagos Islands. But more…

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